Developers Can't Understand Design

(And Other Completely Untrue Design Myths)

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1. Developers Can’t Understand Design and other completely untrue design myths * *
2. I’m a designer.* I’m Jen.
3. I make things pretty. I make things static. I make things without code. And by designer, I mean ... *
4. I make things pretty. I make things static. I make things without code. And by designer, I mean ... *
5. I make things pretty. I make things static. I make things without code. And by designer, I mean ... *
6. I make things pretty. I make things static. I make things without code. And by designer, I mean ... *
7. I make things pretty. I make things static. I make things without code. And by designer, I mean ... * I make things.
8. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. “ Inigo Montoya
9. We have a communication problem.
10. Don Draper is a bad role model.
11. Don Draper is a bad role model.
12. We can communicate better.
13. Design is decoration DESIGN MYTH #1
14. “ It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. Steve Jobs
15. form function follows
16. fonts colors content user experience information hierarchy what
17. color theory wireframes ui patterns user testing copy how
18. Design is subjective DESIGN MYTH #2
19. “ Visual design is about problem solving, not about personal or unsupported opinion. Bob Baxley
20. repetition emphasis balance proximity ratios contrast
21. negative space
22. Design is separate from development DESIGN MYTH #3
23. “ Developers, instead of planning and executing with their users in mind, end up creating technological solutions over which they ultimately have little control. Like mad scientists, they fail because they have not imbued their creations with humanity. Alan Cooper
24. be your own designer work better with your designers hire better designers
25. the digital native designer = a designer who understands how design works on the web and how to implement it
26. Jen Myers Relevance jen@thinkrelevance.com @antiheroine SLIDES: speakerdeck.com/u/jenmyers/p/developers-cant-understand-design